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Kollikodontidae

fossil monotreme family

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monotremes

  • short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    In monotreme: Paleontology and classification

    …galmani), and the uniquely specialized Kollikodontidae, which is also represented by a single species (Kollikodon ritchiei). Both are known only from opalized jaw fragments. The strange rounded cusps on the molar teeth of K. ritchiei were a surprise to paleontologists, suggesting that Cretaceous monotremes may have been more diverse and…

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